Clothes-line.



F. s. HETRICK.

CLOTHES LINE.

APPLlCATlON FILED OCT. 20. 1913.

1,152,948. PatentedSept. 7,1915.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH CO..\VASHING'.""H, c4

FRANK S. I-IETBICK, OF FORTVILLE, INDIANA.

CLOTHES-LINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. '7, 1915 Application filed October 20, 1913. Serial No. 796,231.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK citizen of the United States, and a resident of Fortville, county of Hancock, and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful Clothes-Line; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters refer to like parts.

The object of this invention is to arrange and mount a clothes line so that it can be conveniently operated and the clothes put on it at one end of the line and can be moved readily out of the way when notin use.

One feature of the invention consists in the means herein shown for mounting and maintaining the clothes line in a taut condition.

Another feature of the invention consists in the means herein shown for elevating and lowering the working end of the clothes line.

The nature of the invention will be understood from the accompanying drawings and the following description and claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device excepting the means for mounting the working end. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the left hand portion of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a portion of a residence and one end of the clothes line and means for mounting the same thereto. Fig.

4 is a section on the line 44 of Fig. 3. Fig.

5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

There is shown herein a residence with a back porch 11 and a wall 12. Out in the yard a clothes line post 18 is located and a clothes line 15 extends from the wall 12 of the house out-. to the post 13. The clothes line is an endless one and is carried by two sheave wheels 16 and 17, one at each end of the line. The arrangement is such that the washwoman can load and unload her line while standing on the porch and does not have to go out in the yard for this purpose. The sheave wheel 16 is mounted in a frame 20 which carries pulleys 21 and 22, shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1. On the post 13 a plate 23 is secured with a pair of cars 24 lying between a pair of ears 25 on a frame 26 S. Hn'rRIoK, a

i and said ears are pivoted together by a vertical pin 27 so that the frame 26 may have lateral oscillation. The frame 26 carries sheave wheels 28 and 29, shown by dotted lines, and also a pin 30. A rope or cable 31 is secured to the pin rand passes over the sheave wheels 22, 29, 21 and 28 and down to a cleat 32 secured to the'post below and w thin easy reach of the washwoman. By this arrangement the clothes line is kept taut. At the other end of the clothes line the wheel 17 is provided with a handle 40 for turning it and it is mounted in a frame 41 having a pair of ears 42 embracing a vertical projectlon 43 on a T-shaped frame 44. The two parts or frames are coupled together by avertical pivot pin 45 so that the wheel 17 may have lateral oscillatory movement. The frame 44 carries four rollers 46, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, two on each side, two above and two below the central part of the frame and these wheels travel in a vertical guide 47 which is secured to the wall 12 of the residence and said guide has a back plate, two side plates and overlapping flanges 147 for holding the wheels 46 in place from escape, as shown in Fig. 4. A. cord 48 is secured to the frame 41 and runs up over a pulley 49 secured to the side of the house and down to a pin 50 which is also secured to the side of the house in easy reach of the washwoman.

When the clothes line is not inuse it is in the elevated position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3. It is entirely out of the way above the heads of people. When the washwoman desires to hang clothes on'the line, she releases the cord 48 and lets the device carrying the wheel. 17 descend in its guide said Wheels is mounted, vertical pulleys in In Witness whereof, Ihave hereuntoaifixed ahnement W1th each other in sald last menmy slgnature in the presence of the Witnesses tloned frame, a cable over said pulleys, and herein named.

a cable operating over the pulleys in the FRANK S. HETRICK. fixed frame and pulley frame whereby said Witnesses:

first mentioned Wheel Will be maintained in J. H. WELLS,

a vertical position. 0. M. MGLAUGHLIN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for'five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

